-LRB- CNN -RRB- -- American golfer and world number six , Jim Furyk , was kicked out of the first FedEx Cup play-off on Wednesday after missing his tee-off time by oversleeping .

Furyk , 40 , told the official website of PGA Tour that he set an alarm on his cell phone which ran out of power overnight and failed to wake him up .

`` The hotel had power ... but somehow my phone died . I never use a backup because I just figure if the phone is charged , I 'm good to go , '' Furyk said .

After waking five minutes before he was due to start playing , Furyk made a dash from his hotel to the course but failed to get to the 11th tee of The Barclays tournament in New Jersey in time .

Injury or family emergency are the only reasons that excuse a player 's absence , consequently , Furyk will miss Thursday 's planned round with countryman Steve Stricker and Ernie Els of South Africa .

`` The rules are rules . No matter what tournament it was , I would be upset . But I 'm more upset because it 's this one , '' Furyk added .

It means Furyk misses an opportunity to cement his third-place playoff standing in the race to be crowned champion . According to the playoff scenarios he could see his position slide to 19th before the Deutsche Bank Championship next week in Boston .

One consolation to Furyk is that he already has enough points for the 30-man season-ending Tour Championship to be staged in Atlanta in September .

Slugger White , the Tour 's vice president of rules and competition told the PGA Tour website : `` It is unfortunate . Knowing Jim as I do and we all do , he handled it extremely professionally and put all of the blame on himself .

`` He is a fan favorite and everybody likes him . He is a really good guy , but my hands are tied . I am sure he will recover quite nicely next week and jump right in there again . ''

Furyk is due to win his seventh Ryder Cup cap against Europe at Celtic Manor in October .

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American golfer and world number six , Jim Furyk , was kicked out of the first FedEx Cup play-off

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40-year-old missed his tee-off time by oversleeping

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Furyk tells PGA Tour that he set an alarm on his cell phone which ran out of power overnight